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What The Heck is a Diamond Cutlet?!!!?
It happens every so often; I'm speaking to a customer about diamonds and he/she asks me about the "Diamonds Cutlet".
It takes all of my energies not to laugh, understanding that it is an honest mistake from a novice.
What really gets me though, are the saavy and educated consumers who call us to talk about our SuperbCert Super-Ideal Hearts and Arrows Diamonds, or the ones who sometimes post on the diamond forums.....
....These guys have really done their homework and armed with knowledge of all the diamond "numbers", BrillianceScope results, Sarin/MegaScope they are ready to tackle the world. They start talking about all of the intricacies of the diamonds cut, angles, et. al.
Then they mention the diamond's "CUTLET"
WHAT????
And I'm thinking to myself; oh.. you must be referring to this:
Diamond Cutlet???!!
The truth however, is that the blame lies with us people in the diamond trade for not correcting this mistake when it happens.
So with that in mind, I'd like to slow down a bit and get back to the basics of a diamonds properties. At www.exceldiamonds.com, our primary objective is to help empower our diamond customers with knowledge on all aspects of a diamond's cut precision and light performance.
The illustration below shows the basic properties of a 58 faceted round diamond, including the diamonds "CULET" (Pronounced Kewlet) on the bottom!
I hope this helps
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Comments
So what does it mean when a diamond has a listing of "point" for cutlet? Is that better than none?
Thanks
Posted by: Al on December 13, 2006 9:14 AM
If a diamond doesn't have a cutlet i.e Cutlet:None, is that good? I saw a pair of earrings whose cutlets were: none and very small. I know the smaller the better but what about none?...even better?
Posted by: Pam White on September 22, 2007 10:13 AM
As stated in the article, its culet, not cutlet. The diagram states that smaller is better. None or negligible is of course better
Posted by: anonymous on May 26, 2009 5:05 PM
Ha ha love it. People are still saying cutlet. Your description is priceless and I too have been reading culet as cutlet for the last 2 months! Thank you!
Posted by: Claire on September 5, 2009 7:19 PM